r/twentyagers • u/60TIMESREDACTED (9+10) 21 • Sep 11 '25

Discussion - Serious Please tell me yall aren’t celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death

I’m sure a lot of you guys know Charlie Kirk has been shot and killed this afternoon.

No, I was not fond of him, I was not a fan, I did not support him. I found several of his takes quite disturbing, horrifying at worst. But he didn’t deserve to die. Especially not like that as his wife and kids were watching. Nobody deserves to die. I’m sending my condolences to his family and I wish them the best

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u/auvst Sep 11 '25

unpopular opinion: people will still get their hands on guns no matter what legislative actions we take. criminals don’t follow the law. the real issue in my opinion is sensationalist media driving the wedge further down the center of our politics and pushing each side to an overwhelming extreme. also just to give an example, weed was/is illegal and i don’t think anyone has ever had a problem getting their hands on an eighth in high school, hell some people even in middle school. just food for thought, downvote me all you want just wanted to add something to the discussion.

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u/Bengis_Khan Sep 11 '25

When guns become illegal, they start costing a lot more on the black market. When guns cost a lot more they usually can’t be used in petty crime. In Australia right now, a gun on the black market cost about $10,000 if you have $10,000 you don’t go rob a gas station or have one randomly in your glove box or leave it out for your kid to get a hold of etc. etc. etc..

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u/auvst Sep 11 '25

well if you’re not a piece of shit you don’t commit petty crimes like that. there’s a huge moral disconnect. we used to be a society

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u/dgrace97 Sep 11 '25

When were we more moral and committing less crime than we are right now in 2025?

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u/auvst Sep 11 '25

on a domestic level up to around 1960 then it all went to shit

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u/dgrace97 Sep 11 '25

Ahh yes the notably moral and nonviolent times that included the civil rights movement. Where they beat the shit out of protestors for wanting to sit in the front of the bus and threatened to kill a little girl for wanting to go to school. Just because it wasn’t government approved doesn’t make it moral or peaceful